Frederiksberg Idræts-Forening, often just called Frederiksberg IF or FIF is a Danish sports club based in

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...

. The club has teams in many different sports, but is most famous for its

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

team. The men's team is currently playing in the second tier,

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

. The official fan group is called FIF Ultras.

History

The club was founded on 24 February 1913, while the handball department was founded in 1935. The women's handball team has won the

Danish Women's Handball League The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

12 times, most of them being in the 1950's, 60's and 70's. They last one the Danish championship in 1989. They used to have the record for most titles, undtil

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

won their 13th title in the 2009-10 season. In the 1960's several Frederiksberg based club were dominant in Danish handball. From 2002 to 2010

FCK Håndbold F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball Le ...

played on FIF's license. Since 2014,

København Håndbold København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by K ...

has been playing on FIF's license in the

. The club has raised a host of A-national team players on both sides, with

Camilla Andersen Camilla Røseler Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

Mette Vestergaard Mette Vestergaard Larsen (born 27 November 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and coach. During her playing career she became two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympi ...

, . Anne-Marie Nielsen, Toni Røseler Andersen, Bo Spellerberg and

Kasper Hvidt Kasper Hvidt (born 6 February 1976) is a Danish retired handball goalkeeper, who last played for KIF Kolding and previous Danish national team. He was selected as the best keeper for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, where he also ...

as the most prominent.

Notable former players

* Bo Spellerberg *

* Birgitte Wilbek * Anne-Marie Nielsen * Toni Røseler Andersen * Frida Jensen *

Josephine Touray Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion of Gambian descent. She played mainly as a right wing. Over the course of her career she played 123 games for the Danish national team, where she ...

Karin Mortensen Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

Rikke Hørlykke Rikke Hørlykke Jørgensen (born 2 May 1976) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Additionally she won the European Champions ...

Mads Mensah Larsen Mads Mensah Larsen (born 12 August 1991) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Denmark national team. He previously played for the clubs AG København, Nordsjælland Håndbold and Aalborg Håndbold in Denmark and the G ...

* Lene Rantala * Marianne Bonde * Christina Pedersen

References

External links

Official website

EHF Men's Team Profile

EHF Women's Team Profile
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